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Source Description
The lean features of Julius Caesar as an older man were well known from Roman coins and have been deftly rendered here as an intaglio. With a later gold mount.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19378
label
Intaglio Portrait of Julius Caesar
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
19378
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Intaglio Portrait of Julius Caesar
description
The lean features of Julius Caesar as an older man were well known from Roman coins and have been deftly rendered here as an intaglio. With a later gold mount.
provenance
William Ponsonby, second Earl of Bessborough, Parkstead House, London, by 1761, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bessborough no. 19]; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, ca. 1765, by purchase [Marlborough no. 382]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 62, lot 382; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 70, lot 382; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
1525-1600 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
intaglios (sculptural objects)
pendants
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.5
height
3
depth
4
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/8 × W: 1 3/16 × D: 1 9/16 in. (3.5 × 3 × 4 cm)
Source extras
med
nicolo onyx
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33562
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2054
2506
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2704
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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